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Coping refers to the human behavioral process for dealing with demands, both internal or external, in situations that are perceived as threats. This can mean doing what is necessary at the time to deal with a situation in the safest or easiest way.Read more

"Active" coping pertains to the active steps that are taken to reduce the stressors’ negative impact on mental health. Active coping is either by making needed changes in the environment when possible (see problem-focused...Read more

When confronted with acute or chronic stressors, the steps (see active coping) that are possible to take to alter the situation to alleviate the impact. In some cases, adjusting one’s schedule, eliminating unnecessary tasks, seeking alternative employment, detaching from troublesome re...Read more

Emotion-focused coping is a type of stress management that attempts to reduce negative emotional responses that occur due to exposure to stressors. Negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, aggression, depression, humiliation are reduced or removed by the individual by various methods of ...Read more

In this video go through AP Psychology notes relating to Stress. The video provides an overview of stress, the effects, types of stressors, and coping mechanisms. This is Part 2 of a 3-part series.Read more

Mental Health Counseling is the activity of consulting and talking with a mental health professional to work on coping with/solving mental health problems. Counselors who provide this service are trained in psychological theory and techniques used to render useful services to clients.Read more

Play Therapy is therapy for children that utilizes the healing powers of play and creativity to address psychosocial problems. A play therapist uses tools such as story telling, role-playing, puppets, art, and music as well as unstructured play, where the therapist can observe the child in a safe, nurturing environment. Play the...Read more

The exhaustion stage can result in physical or mental breakdowns due to the body's response to the stressor. During the resistance stage the body is working hard. Eventually the stress response cannot continue and the exhaustion stage sets in. This can lead to physical problems, health issues, mental disturbances, and even death...Read more

The Lamaze technique aims to enhance a mother’s confidence in giving birth by teaching methods in coping with labor pain. This was popularized by Fernand Lamaze, a French obstetrician, in the 1950s. This technique advocates that labor should begin on its own, women in labor should move...Read more

Mood freezing is a term based on a 1984 experiment which utilized “mood freezing pills”. In the study, the researchers purposefully annoyed the respondents and gave them placebos (mood freezing pills) which supposedly made their current moods fixed. When the respondents were convinced that expressing aggression would not mak...Read more

It is a condition that is characterized by a difficulty in coping and adjustment to an environmental or situational stressor such as a major life event. Stress response syndrome shares many of the symptoms of major depression but is different in that it is caused by a situational stresso...Read more

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a head or brain injury that results in a fundamental change in the individual's personality, intellect, coping skills, and physical abilities. This type of injury is typically seen in injuries from car accidents and are not uncommon in injured military p...Read more

Though the amount of time varies, the acute stage typically covers the initial days or weeks after the attack. The victims’ responses may be appear as agitated and emotional, controlled and without much emotion, or in disoriented and poor recall of the crime as they are in shock. The next phase, outward adjustment, covers the ...Read more